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Glossa Jehovah As Husband and Jesus As Bridegroom Jehovah as Husband and Jesus as Bridegroom he designation of God as Husband indicates His heart appellative as the name of the Canaanite deity Ba‘al Tof love toward His people and His desire to have them (Hosea 2:16-17; cf. Exo. 21:3). Three times the verb match Him as His counterpart, being the same as He is in ba‘al “to be a husband” is used in referring to Jehovah life and nature. This is a necessary prerequisite to the (Jer. 3:14; 31:32; Isa. 54:5; cf. Deut. 21:13).2 In a few return of the Lord Jesus, the ending of this age, and the places in the Old Testament, God and His people are bringing in of the kingdom. The marriage relationship compared to a bridegroom (hatan) and a bride (kallah) between God and His people is directly related to the (Psa. 19:5; Isa. 62:5; Joel 2:16; Jer. 2:32), or a husband kingdom, which is seen clearly in the New Testament. As (’ish or re‘a, “companion,” Jer. 3:20) and a wife (’ishshah, Raymond C. Ortlund, Jr. points out, “The vision of God vv. 1, 20; Hosea 2:2, 7; Isa. 54:6). Also in the New as the husband of his people, with all that such a relation- Testament, the Lord Jesus and His believers are com- ship entails for them…[was] formerly a more prominent pared to or referred to as a bridegroom (numfivo") and a theme in theological discourse and pastoral ministry than bride (nuvmfh, Matt. 9:15; 25:1; John 3:29; Rev. 21:2, 9; it is today” (8).1 Neglecting and obscuring (e.g., in trans- 22:17), or a husband (ajnhvr, “man” or “husband”) and a lation) the truth of God being the Husband perhaps has wife (gunhv, “woman” or “wife,” 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:23- been a factor in delaying the Lord’s return and bringing in 33; Rev. 19:7; 21:2, 9; cf. Rom. 7:4). the kingdom. However, this vision is indicated or implied throughout the Bible, specifically in the creation of Adam ther words used in the marriage process are used and Eve, in Jehovah’s relationship with His people Israel Oquite frequently to refer to the relationship between in terms of their engagement, marriage, divorce in the old God and man, such as love (’ahab, Deut. 7:8; Mal. 1:2), covenant, and in His promise of and enacting of the new choose (bahar, Deut. 10:15; cf. Gen. 6:2), take a wife covenant in the New Testament with the vision of Jesus as (laqah, Exo. 6:7; cf. Gen. 4:19), cling to or join (dabaq, the Bridegroom and the church as His bride. The failure Deut. 4:4; Josh. 22:5; 23:8; kollavw, 1 Cor. 6:17; cf. Gen. of the Old Testament people of God to live the marriage 2:24), engage or betroth (’aras, Hosea 2:19-20; ajrmov- life with Jehovah indicates the need for an intrinsic dispo- zomai, 2 Cor. 11:2; cf. Deut. 20:7), know (yada‘, Jer. sitional transformation in His people so that they may 31:34; Hosea 2:20; ginwvskw, Phil. 3:10; oi^da, Matt. become His bride. In order to carry this out, it was neces- 25:12; cf. Gen. 4:1) (see Sohn 5-22). This confirms the impor - sary for the Triune God Himself to go through a process tance of the theme of God as Husband in the Bible. to become a man, pass through death and resurrection, and be consummated as the life-giving Spirit to enter into God as Husband in the Creation of Humankind His people and transform them to become the same as He is in life and nature to be a proper counterpart, or match, Soon after God created man in His own image, He stated for Him. The fact that the Hebrew and Greek words or that it was not good for man to be alone and that He terms that are used in the context of marriage are also would make him a helper as his counterpart (kenegdo, employed in the relationship of God and His people con- “his opposite”). So He proceeded to bring the animals to firms the importance of this theme in the Bible. Adam to see what he would name them. In this naming process Adam determined that none of the animals cor- Words Indicating the Marriage Relationship responded to him. This sets up a principle of marriage: between God and His People that the two parties must match or correspond to each other. God then caused a deep sleep to come upon Adam, While terms such as bridegroom, husband, bride, and wife and He took a rib from his side and proceeded to build a are not used that often in the Bible to refer to God and woman. When she was brought to the man, he stated that to His people, their occurrence warrants our attention. she was bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh, and he God is referred to as a Husband at least four times in the called her woman (’ishshah) because out of man (’ish) Bible. Jehovah is referred to as ’ish “man” or “husband” she was taken. Therefore, a man leaves his father and (cf. Gen. 3:6) but never as the noun ba‘al “husband” or mother (his human source) and cleaves (or joins, dabaq) “lord” in order to avoid addressing Jehovah with the same to his wife, with the ultimate issue that the two become 72 Affirmation & Critique one flesh (2:18-24). These actions are very illustrative, or possession, from among all the peoples so that they especially from the point of view of their typological sig- would be a kingdom of priests living in His presence (Exo. nificance in God’s economy. Man, created in the image of 19:4-6).5 However, when the people responded according God but also being alone, reflects God’s desire and long- to their natural religious concept, “All that Jehovah has ing to have a counterpart that matches and corresponds spoken we will do” (v. 8), knowing neither their true con- to Him among His created beings. The deep sleep and the dition (that they could not match God in themselves) nor extraction of the rib point to God Himself as a man in the God’s heart in giving the law, the atmosphere suddenly person of Jesus Christ dying on the cross with blood and changed to become threatening. God then gave them the water issuing from His pierced side (signifying the Ten Commandments, or ten words, which, in their posi- redeeming and life-imparting aspects of His death, John tive function, are a revelation and testimony of God (20:1- 19:34). The building of the rib into a woman signifies the 17; 16:34; 25:21; 27:21). They can also be considered a building of the church with the resurrection life of Christ marriage covenant between God and His people.6 to be His corporate counterpart, the bride of Christ. The woman’s being brought back to the man to be one flesh he Ten Commandments begin with a prologue: “I am with him signifies the church being brought into a spiri- TJehovah your God, who brought you out of the land tual union with Christ (Eph. 5:27; Rev. 19:7; 1 Cor. 6:17). of Egypt, out of the slave house” (20:2). The prologue “makes absolutely clear that the commands which follow are Selection, Engagement, and the Marriage Covenant integrally connected to God’s act of self-revelation” (Childs 401). He is the After the creation of I AM, the self-existing mankind, the fall, and and ever-existing One, God’s giving up the cre- THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP and the blank check, ated race, there was the BETWEEN GOD AND HIS PEOPLE I AM ____ (what ever is selection and calling of needed). That He is, the descendants of Abra - IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE KINGDOM. implying we are not, ham. This selection was NEGLECTING AND OBSCURING THE TRUTH also indicates that He a result of God’s love, wants to constitute us as Deuter onomy 4:37 OF GOD BEING THE HUSBAND HAS BEEN with Himself to make states, “Because He loved A FACTOR IN DELAYING THE LORD’S RETURN us the same as He is to your fathers, He chose match Him as His their seed after them and AND BRINGING IN THE KINGDOM. counter part.7 He is also brought you out by His the Redeemer God, the presence, by His great One who brought the power, from Egypt.” children of Israel out of Jehovah also set His affection to love them and to choose Egypt, out of their preoccupation of building the treasure their seed after them (10:15). He chose them to be a holy cities of Pharaoh. people to Jehovah their God for His personal treasure (7:6; 14:2; Psa. 135:4). He chose them to dwell among them in The commandments that follow reflect God’s being: the place that He chose, where He would cause His name “You shall have no other gods before [or besides] Me” to dwell—Jerusalem (Deut. 12:5, 11; Zech. 1:17).3 (v. 3), indicates that God does not share our allegiance or love to Him with any other gods. They are incompatible. ue to His choosing of Israel, He took (laqah) them As Jehovah, He is incomparable, and there is no one else, Dto Himself out of Egypt (Exo.
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